Epinotia thapsiana

Epinotia thapsiana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847. It is found in the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Russia,[2] Asia Minor, Iran, Kyrgyzstan,[3] Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China (Tianjin, Zhejiang, Anhui, Guizhou, Shaanxi) and Korea.[4]

Epinotia thapsiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species:
E. thapsiana
Binomial name
Epinotia thapsiana
(Zeller, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Penthina thapsiana Zeller, 1847

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to August in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Thapsia, Ferrula, Crithmum, Ligustrum, Laserpitium and Foeniculum species.[5]

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Trematerra, P., 2010: Clepsis trifasciata sp. n. with notes on some Lepidoptera Tortricidae from Kirgizstan. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research Serie II 42 (1): 1-10. Abstract and full article:
  4. Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
  5. LOT Moths and Butterflies
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